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comfort, and not those of affliction. Bear him [her| up against all distrust and despair, deliver him [her] from his [her] necessities, and be his [her] comforter in his [her] distress. Let those hands, which wen once nailed to the cross, now plead for him [her], and obtaining his [her] pardon, conduct him [her] into thy eternal rest Amen.
THE RECOMMENDATION OF A SOUL DEPARTING.
| LORD, have mercy on us. | ||
| Christ, have mercy on us. | ||
| Lord, have mercy on us. | ||
| Holy Mary, pray for him [her]. | ||
| All ye holy Angels and Archangels, | Pray for him [her]. | |
| Holy Abel, | ||
| All ye choirs of the just, | ||
| Holy Abraham, | ||
| St. John the Baptist, | ||
| St. Joseph, | ||
| All ye patriarchs and prophets, | ||
| St. Peter, | ||
| St. Paul, | ||
| St. Andrew, | ||
| St. John, | ||
| All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, | ||
| All ye holy Disciples of our Lord, | ||
| All ye holy Innocents, | ||
| St. Stephen, | ||
| St. Lawrence, | ||
| All ye holy martyrs, | ||
| St. Sylvester, | ||
| St. Gregory, | ||
| St. Augustine, | ||
| All ye holy bishops and confessors. | ||
| St Benedict, | ||
| St. Francis, |
